The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-04
MILAN EXCHANGE
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1887.
OVER THE STATE.

OH.
E. F. Heudley, of Columbia, has
been appointed advance agent of Mile.
Rhea.
Manchester contains over 600 in>
habitauts. The last death which oc-
Cured there was in November, 1886.
A mass.neeting Of prohibIlonlsIs
will he held at Dresden June 9th.
Rev. D Z. Kelly, d. D., Of Nash
vile, will speak.
Albert Adams, colored, residing in
the tenth district Of Weakley county,
was crushed by a falling harrow, aud
died shortly afterwards.
Rev. W. A. Gambler, of Nashville,
will deliver the commencement SER
mon 1T Wesleyan Female College,
Brownsville, June 5;h. Prof. Bask-
ervill, of Vanderbilt University, will
deliver an address Oh June 9Th.
Two masked men, with revolvers
drawn, compelled Jep. EzeII, Of Ma"ry
City, Crockett county, TO open the
store of Mrs. Baulch, his employer,
after which tbs robbers took ST. 10
aud gold watch. they made their
escape,
Bolivar Bulletin: The money which
is being poured out III HardemHn
county for material aud labor in build.
lug the asylum is II genuine financial
boom for our people. 1t has enabled
many to pay their debts, furnished
employ ment to the unemployed, aud
has given a general impetus to busi>
ness.
Coviugton Leader; Mr.. B. b.
Wright, while in his field lately,
picked up a coin which is uncommon
in tins country. 1t is in size between
Il quarter and half.dollar, AMI one
side hears the following inscription ;
"Now in the name Of eternal truth
and by all that is sacred and dear to
pan since the history of mankind Is
recorded, there has been no cause
more Just than the cause of Hunga'
ry." On the inverse side is raised
figure of Kossuth, around which are
the words: Louis Kossuth, the
) Washington of Hungary" To the
antiquarian Or enc who delights in the
. science Of coins and metals this relic
of the Hungarian patriot would be
highly priced.
Maryville Times: Since our last is
sue Maryville has been visited by one
ofthose terrible, terrible scourges, hux
Seemingly in one day the awful vIsl
tation began, and on Sunday morning
Mrs. w. H. Rhea, aud Nellie, thu
younger daughter of our clerk anC
t master, j. A. Greer, were numbered
with the dead. On Monday morning
Charley, a son of Blackburn Ross
{ died; also Mrs. Landen Wallace. On
;: the same day Mrs. Leatherwocd died
1 Early on Tuesday morning John Ros
B died at his home few miles in tn
! country. All Of these died shortl
e after they were taken sick, Their
+, are many other cases, but nearly al
are improving rapidly. Those case
t which have proven fatal have heel
/ those only recently recovered frOr
!. the measles.
e Nashville Banner: Yesterday a
:, old confederate soldier named McCo
: came in from West Tennessee to Sc
|: Gen. Gordon. He told Banner re
porter that he went in the late wa
with Gen, Gordon at Shsrpsburg, an
when the general was shot down, h
too received bullet in the face. II
fell within three Teet of Gen. GOrdcT
aud the two lay apparently dead unit
the yankees charged over them an
i we're in turn repulsed by the cOufec
crates. Alter the federal repuls
Mr., Mccoy says, he and Gen. Gordo
81 81 bandaged each others wounds an
n went into the battle. The old sOldi,
n n had not seen his general in twent
'e years, and on reaching West Nashvil
ID reporter watched the old man as |
e forced his way through the throng